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[micoyuk]

My 2nd year at #IBIS2014 was such a hit...

Great crowd.  All #BOBJ folks.

Our BI Dashboard Formula was awesome!

#firstbooksigning #dataviz on steroids! #luvedit

[hugohost-blog]

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Introduction to SAP Business Objects (BO / BOBJ)

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[ryanshirley]

Never mind the icons - they're for BOBJ on the iPad

If you're wondering what those goofy oil well icons are all about, there is actually a BI connection.  I recently put on a demo of BusinessObjects mobile app, BO Explorer (search SAP Explorer in the app store).  It is an iPad version of the Explorer query tool provided with BOBJ 4.0 and available online at bi.ondemand.com.  The advantage of the iPad/iPhone version is it incorporates the device's GPS, compass, and camera to add some extra wizzy ways to see your data.  

In my case, I uploaded some publicly available information on well sites to bi.ondemand.com, including GPS coordinates (lat and long).  As long as you have a "POI" column in your data with its contents formatted correctly, the app will automatically plot your rows on a Google map and allow you to drill into those records by tapping the icons on the map.  My icons are the tacky oil wells you are seeing on my blog.  The icons you show on the map are best specified by including a URL to the image so I had to put my versions of the icons somewhere stable and online - thanks Tumblr.  

My final thoughts on the app are positive.  For a first crack at mobility, the app and the service are quite reliable and capable.  Be aware that this is not a hardcore GIS so you won't be able to handle really tightly packed points or plots of things other than points (lines or polygons for example).  It is about the quickest way to put data on a map and have some sort of drill down capability.  Nice addition, SAP.